Mobile calls and data have been suspended in Pakistan as people head to the polls to vote in the country’s election.

According to BBC News, both calls and data services have been suspended, though Wi-Fi networks still appear to be working.

An interior ministry spokesman said the measure was warranted, citing recent incidents of terror in the country.

Two bomb blasts killed 28 people in Balochistan province on Wednesday.

The election comes almost two years since the previous prime minister, cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, was ousted in a no-confidence vote.

Khan was jailed on corruption charges last year and is barred from standing.